TRANSA.CTIONS OF THE CONGREGATIONAL HISTORICAL SOCIETY VOL. 111 1907 - 1908 Edited by T. C. CRIPPEN Printed for the Society by F red· S. Thacker : 3 Dyers' Buildin11s : Holborn : London, CONTENTS PAGE Academies, Early Nonconformist 272, 387 Academic Discipline in 18th Century 67 Achurch, Parish Register of 126 Ancient Sacramental Plate 25, rr6, 153 Asty, John, and the Fleetwoods 187 Baptists, History of Early, in London 88 Broadway Meeting, Somerset ... 357 Browne, Robert, and the Achurch Parish Register 126 ,, ,, Later Years of 303 Burton-on-Trent, History of Congregationalism in Sr Button's Academy ..• ..• ... ... ... 285 Bury Street Chapel, Contemporary Account of its building, etc. 117 Channel Islands, Puritans and Presbyterians in ... r 10 Chapel Building under the Stuarts ... .. 67 Church Building in the West Riding, Seventy Years of 293 Church, "Profes of A parent" .. 257 Congregational Historical Society-Annual Meeting, 1907 75 ,, Annual Meeting, 1908 26g ,, Meeting at Wolverhampton 1 Meeting at Blackpool 209 Balance Sheet, 1907 144 Lists of Officers and Members 73,266, etc. Conve~ticles, Londd~, 1683 364 Cumberland and Westmoreland-Nonconformity in 212 ,, Noles on Map of 229 ,, Early Conventicles in 300 Doddridge, Dr. Philip-Memorials of ... ... .• 145 ,, ,, Unpublished Correspondence~ 319 Doolittle's Academy 286, 395 Editorial 1 , 77, I 39, 209, 269, 337 Episcopal Returns, 1665.fi 339 Flavel Cup, The 153 Fleetwood Family, The 187 Frankland, Richard 21 Gale's Academy 274 Hanover Chapel, Peckham 155 Islington, Academies at 285 Jessey Church, The, 1655-1678 .. 2 33 Leek, Nonconformity in .. 4 London, Religious Condition of, 1672 192 Conventicles in, 1683 ... 364 ,, Academies in and near 2 74, 395 Longdon and Lichfield, Story of Congregationalism in 33 Maesyronen Chapel 354 Maidwell, Rev. Thomas, Pastoral Letters of 367 Martock, Pound Lane Chapel .. 2 44 Mill Hill School, Centenary of .. 171 Morton's Academy 2 77, 396 Ncwington Gi-een, Academies at 2 74, 396 Nightingale Lane, Contract for Building Chapel, 1682 67 Peckham, Hanover Chapel .. , . .. 155 p nry, John-Some Dates 114 e Last Years of 132 :: Last Journey to London 291 in Scotland .. .. 379 Pilgri,;; Fathers' Church Communion Plate 154 Pound Lane Chapel, Martock .. 244 " Profes of A parent Church" .. 2 57 Puritans and Presbyterians in the Channel Islands IIO Ravenstonedale, Ancient Meeting-House ••. 91 Religious Condition of London in 1672 192 Scott, Jonathan, Apostolic Labours of 48 Sheriff Hales Academy ... .. 387 Surrey Congregational History (Cleal) Review 33c Taunton Communion Plate 116 Veal's Academy 289, 395 Wales, The Oldest Chapel in .•. .• 354 Walpole, The Ancient Meeting-House at 317 Wapping, Academy at ..• 289 Wattisfield, Ancient Meeting-House at 25c Watts, Dr. Isaac, Tomb of ... .. 240 ,, ,, Unpublished Letter of ::41 West Bromwich, Ebenezer Chapel 104 Wiggen ton, Giles, His "Visitation'' ... .• 27 Yorkshire, Seventy Years• Chapel Bui!Jing in the West Riding 293 NOTES AND QUERIES Books, Brief notices of : Baseley, Rev. Ira., The Independent Church in Westminster Abbey ..• . .. 3, 79, r42 Brown, John, D. D., The Colonial Missions of Congregationalism 271 Browne,Robert, His Retraction ... ... ... .. 8o Clowes, Chronicles of the Congregational Church, Great Yarmouth ... ... ... ... ..• . .. Dale, R. W., D. D. (posthumous), History of English Congre- gationalism ... .. .• ... ... .. 78 Merchant, H., M.A., \Vern, History and Guide ... .. 141 Nightingale, B., History of the Lancashire Congregational Union 3 Penney, Norman, The First Publishers of Truth 79 Pierce, W., Historical Introduction lo the Marprelate Tracts 337 Powicke, F. J., Ph.D., History of the Cheshire Union of Con- gregational Churches ... 79 Wyatt, F., Brief History of the Congregational Church at . Axminster ... ... 141 Canllng Names 78, c41, 2w Corrections 2, 140, 271 Deaths, Recent; Dale, Rev. Bryan, M.A. 139 Le Brun, Rev. E. 77 Lord, Rev. Thos. .. 338 Ryland, Mrs., Litt. D. 270 Tuck, W., Esq. 77 Doddridge Relics ... .. 337 ~lobe Alley, Wooden Meeting-house I :tllock, Rawling and Rogers .. 140 M1 • lton Relic-A Probable .. 3 Pilgrim Fathers' Church 20<) Queries:- Cote, Oxford.shire, Baptist Chapel at 2[1 Extinct Theological Academies I McNeely, Rev. Charles, and his congregation 77, 211 Scottish Families near Horningsham 21 l Watts and Doddridge Relics 3, 77 Rav.enstonedale, Quakers at 140 Watts, Dr. Isaac-Expenses at his Funeral 2 " Memorial of 211 CONTRIBUTORS Atkinson, Dr. S. B., M.A., Lovatt, J., Esq. 4 J.P. 187 Lloyd, Rev. D. C. 351 Barker, Rev. John ... 327 Macfadyen, Rev. D., M.A. 48 Cater, Rev. F. I. ... 126, 303 Maidwell, Rev. H. ... 367 Clapham, J. A., Esq. 293 Mitchell, Rev. A. T., M.A., Colligan, Rev. J. H., M.A. 212 F.S.A. 387 Crippen, Rev. T. G. 91, 155,229,272 Miles, Dr. Henry 319 Dale, Rev. Bryan, M.A. .. 21, 91 Pierce, Rev. W. 379 Doddridge, Pk., D.D. 323 Scamell, John, Esq. 244 Gasquoine, Rev. Thos., B.A. Standerwick, W., Esq. 357 182, 29r Stevens, Rev. A. J. 33 Gould MS. 88 Turner, Rev. G. Lyon, M.A. Huntingdon, Selina, Count- 142, 192, 300, 339, 395 ess of Watts, Dr. Isaac 241 Iliff, John S., Esq.... Whitley, Rev. T., LL.D. 233 James, N. G. B., Esq., M.A. Williams, Joseph 327 Kelly, Rev. W. (revised) Wiggenton, Giles 27 Le Brun, Rev. E Wood, Rev. S. 324 ILLUSTRATIONS ..\church Parish Registers, Leaves from 126, 130 Hurial Place at Rushton, Staffordshire 6 Chapels:- Bury Street, London (Plans of) 123, 124 Langdon Green, near Lichfield 34 Maesyronen, \Vales (z) 354 Martock, Somerset (2) 248 Peckham, built 1717 163 Ravenstonedale, before renovation 90 ,, after renovation g8 Walpole, Suffolk 316, 31 \Vattisfield, Suffolk 250, 253 Communion Plate :­ The Flavel Cup 152 )"ilgrim Fathers' Church 154 South Petherton 26 Taunton, Paul Street (3) ... u6, u7 Kettering, The Conventicle House 368, 376 Mill Hill School-The School House 170 ,, ,, Ridgway House 179 Scott, Rev. Jonathan ... .. 51 Sheriff Hales Manor House ... .. 392 Thorp Waterville, "The Old Chapel House" 3o8 ,, ,, ,, ,, door of supposed meeting-room 312 Trowbridge Baptismal Bowl ... 26 Woodhouse Green Farm, near Rushton ... ... ... .. 6 Map to illustrate Early Nonconformity in Cumberland and Westmoreland 216 Map of Surrey (from Cleal's History) .. ... ... .. 334 EDITORIAL The usual AUTUMNAL MEETING of our Society was held on vVednesday, 17th October, in the lecture room of the Wesleyan church, Darlington Street, Wolverhampton, kindly lent for the occasion. In the absence of our President the chair was occupied by E. B. Dawson, Esq., of Lancaster. The Rev. D. 1\lacfadyen, M.A., of Highgate, read a paper on The Apostolic Labours of Captai"n Jonathan Scott, for which a hearty vote of thanks was tendered, and Mr. Macfadyen was requested to place the paper in the Secretary's hands for publication. The Secretary read a paper contributed by J. Lovatt, Esq., of Leek, on the early history of Nonconformity in that town and neil! Ii bourhood. The Rev. A. J. Stevens, of Lichfield, read extracts from a memoir on Early Co11gregationalism at Lollgdon, with which Lichfield was from the first intimately connected. Papers on the Origin of Congregationalism at Burton-on-Trent and West Bromwich were taken as read, and will appear in a future issue of mu- Transactions. We wish to call attention to Mr. Dale's paper in our present issue, which usefully supplements the account of Frankland's academy given in our last. We are particularly desirous of obtaining information respecting extinct theological academies, including names of students. Especially we would welcome particulars of Newport Pagnell, Fakenham, Gosport, Cotton End, and Bedford. * Adverting to the tradition mentioned of a wooden meeting- house in Globe Alley, Maid Lane, erected for Wadsworth (see II. 377), we have ascertained from Bp. Sheldon's Return of Con­ yenticles, 1669, that the edifice was then in actual use. This is an important link in the evidence for the continuity of the Pilgrim Fathers' church with the church of Jacob and Jessey. Two remarkable memorials of Dr. Isaac Watts have lately come to light. One, in the custody of C. W. Toms, Esq., of Meaburn 2 Editorial House, Putney, is a contemporary record of the original assign­ ment of seats in Bury Street chapel, 1708, with a plan thereof. This has been copied for the Society, and Mr. Toms has given permission for its publication. The other, in the possession of G. Brocklehurst, Esq., of Lyminge, Kent, is the deacons' account book of Bury Street from 1728 to 1756. From this it appears that the stipend received by the two pastors, Messrs. Watts and Price, in 1728, was £70 each, i.e., £17 ros. quarterly. From 1729 to 1735 this was augmented by "gratuities" of various amounts; from 1735 onward the quarterly payments were usually £22 15s. ; and lately, to the end of Dr. Watts's pastorate, varied from £25 to £30, i.e., £100 to £120 per annum. Mr. Brocklehurst has kindly furnished the following transcript of the entries relating to Dr. Watts's funeral:- Cash. Cr. 1748 December 6 Pd Mr. Day, Clarke for mourning for the Doct' - 3 3 o Pd Mr. Niblett £3 : 3. Mrs. Niblett £2 : 2 ditto - 5 5 . o Pd Mrs. Davis £2 : 2. Mary Daniel £2 : 2 ditto - 4 4 o 13 Pd Mr. Jennings, Funeral Sermon, with request to Print - 2 2 o Pd Mr. Chandler, Oration at y• Grave do. - 2 2 o Pd the two Constables, attending when y• Sermn was Preachd 10 o The object of the Society being the ascertainment of facts rather than the promulgation of opinions, we always welcome corrections vouched by adequate authority. We therefore thank the Editor of The Christian Life, of 7th October, for the following : BIBLIOGRAPHY, vol. ii. p. 432.-The treatise Przicopcovii Samueli Disserlatio, &c., is wrongly ascribed to Hales by Anthony a Wood: Hales had nothing whatever to do with it. ON MR. PIERCE's QUERY, vol.